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w. AA, 7 2 S' p",,+ F r t t, f".e +, 1 "+ aN + rlt r r 11 y, , t DEVOTED~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~~1 TOSITJRNR~TDMCM S LITERATURE, SINEADTl RS W3J.3IANISPrDrEOT TOo-al SOTHR RIGHTSDEMmRw.1r M. JA.S .RICNEARDSON, Editor. a ,.>, 1VOL. Vi. SIJMTERVIL-LE, Sq. QVEMBER27, 18j. 'roo Dollars in advance, Two Dollars and Fifty-cents at the exiration of six mnonths, or Three Dollars at the end of the year. No paper discontinued until all arreara ges are paid, unless at the option of the Proprietor. * IlTAdvertisements inserted at 75 cts. per square, (14 lines or less,) for the first and half that sun for each subsequent Insertion. 7The number of insertions to be mark ed on all Advertisements or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. li'One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and Monthly Adver tisements will be charged the same as a single nsertion, and semi-monthly the same as new ones. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recotmending Candidates for public offices or trust-or puffing Exhibitions, will be charged as Advertisements. grlRev. FREDERICK RUsu, is a travelling Agent for this paper, and is authorized to receive subscriptions and receipt for tae same. Old Winter is coming. Old Winter is coming-old Winter so drear hlis heralds, unwelcome, proclain he is near, There's a wail on the blast, there are voices that say, "The spirit of bummer is passing away." Sweet evening! the balm of the breezes is o'er, An I bleak is the blast en moutntain andt moor; Thre's shadow and gloom in the depths of tihe iell, An.l the trees of the forest, are moaning fare well. Ol Winter is coming, once more to rejoice In his robings of snow and trappinugs o f ice Tio dreariest of dcespots, who bends to his sway, incet sister of Summer, the beautiful eay. Dear ovening! with tree no more on the green In joyance of sport are the vilhagers seen; And the music o childhood, tn gambols no mere, Is borne-ot the breeze from the cottager's door. All salent and chill-not a bird on the bough ls.herd to warble his vesper hymn now; Nitsscaw from the rook, as be wiageth his O'er meads where are seen the shadows of night. 'Witer is coming-oa W inter so drear a;.. har'I d.asunwelcomse, proclaim lie is near; !'pb.M'to a wago date blast, there are voices T enirl ofsun r is passing away." foME AD, WnNEN.-If there has ever been a more touching and more eloquent eulogiutmt up :i the charms of home, tnd its lecre-1 treasure, woman, inn.i"n the followiig ex. tract fr.>n, .e C r1istian Inquirer, it has not to.,n our Loud fortune to meet it: "Our homem at is their corner-stone but the virtue of woman, andl on what does sooiul well being rest but our home? Must ue not trace all other blessirjgs of civilized lifi to the doorsof our private dwellings? Are not our hearth stonies guarded by the holy forms ofconjugal, filial and paternal love, the corner. stones of church and State; more sac. red than either, more necessary than both? Let our temples crumble aid our academies decay; let every public ed ifice, our halls of justice, and our cap. itals of State, be leveled with the dust; but spare our homes. Let no social. ist invade them with his wild plans of pomrnunity. Man did not invent, and we cannot improve or abrogate them. A private shelter to cover in two hearts dearer to each othier than all the world; high walls to excltude the profane eyes of every human being; seclusion enotugh for children to feel that mother is a pe. cul iar anid holy name...this is home; tatd here is tihe birth-plaee of every virtulous imipulse, of every sacre'd thotught. [Here the Chturch and Stale .mu~tst come for Iheir origin antI thir suppiort. Oh, spare our homes ? Thie lovce we experience there gives us our fuith in infinite goodness, tihe purity and disinterested tetnderness of otur home is our fore-taste and our carniest of a bet. tor world. In the relations there esta. blished and fostered, do we find throtugh jife tile chief sedace of joy and exist ence. WVhat friends dleserve the name, compa red with those whom a hirthi-right gave its? One mother is worth a thu-u aandI friends; one sister truer anid dear. er than twenty intimate companions. WVe who played on the same htearth, under the ilit of thle same smile, whott date to the same scones and seaason of innocence and hope, in whose veins rtun the same blood, do we not find that years only mtake miore sacred and more important the tie that binds tus? Cool. ,pess may spring up, distance may sepa. rate, different spheres may divide, but 'thosatwho can love any thing-who contm ue to love at all-mtust find the friends whom God himself gave, are wholly unlike any we can choose for ourselves, and that the yearning for these is the strongest spark in our ex piring affection.'' Four story shirt collars are all the rage now. We sawv one the other day with a steeple to it. This increase in buiilding lias provedl very profitable to the linen and starch trade. iort neck. edl people, ill order to keep pace with the spie it of improvement, sthoulid get their ears moved uip a little higher. A Gambling Scene. Two Friends sat over a game of "brag," in the city of New Orleans four years ago. 'T'hey played long, late an. high, and at length quit-one five hundred dollars in the other's debt. We have said they were friends, and each knew the other was not so circum stanced as to stand so large a loss, al though the excitement of playing had led them on from larger bets to larger bets still, until the event came about. "Tom, you will have to take my note for it," said the loser, "and it shall be paid in thirty days." "0. very well," said the winner. dri. lv, pulling a segar from his pocket and piercing the twisted end with his pen. knife. The loser snatched up a pen and wrote the note for $500. payable in thirty days. "All correct," said the winner cool ly, and taking the note from his unfor. tunate adversary. "lave a segar, Ned'" Ned took the protfered segar, and the next moment opened his eyes in aston ishment at seeing Torn deliberately poking the folded note into the candle for a light. "Fire up, Ned!" said Tom, handing over the hutrning note. Ned knew his friend, and lit his se. gar in silence. The two friends soon separated with such a mutual exchange of friendly sentiments as might be ex.. pected on so remarkable an occasion. This is no fancy sketch, Reader. The two friends had been separate wan. derers for four years, and met each other again, fir the first time, since their parting the other day in Canal street. Tom had been luckless and utin fortunate, while Ned had been gradual ly creeping into fortune's favor. In the course of the same day, accident brought to Ned's notice, a note against his friend Torn, for just $500, in the hands of a third person. Ned bought the note immediately, pnying for it to the full amount of the claim, and in the evening the two friends me - Appo'n me a. "Tom, do you know I hold a not( against you for five hundied dollars?' said Tom. "lNO, indeed. Why, how so?" salc Tomn in nanazent. "{O, yes, here it is, see-your note given to that firm on the levee. A small business transaction brought ii into my possession, and by the way Ton, I .'bould like to have the money'' "I can't say it, now. Ned, indeed I can't; hut, in two or thren weeks a farihest, I can make inyself ready lo: it.'' "Cannel this, and draw me a new note for thirty days,"' says Ned, very travely, tak ing a setgar from his pock et, and piercing the end with his knife, in precisely the same .style Tum had used lour years ag). "All correct," said Ned. as lie seat. tv red the rld io te in tr frI me its oin the floor, a1i reccived the iew one frun 'Teng. "I lave a segar, 'Ton?' 'T'omn took tihe sega r, and as ie did so, an tihea of Ned's design flashed upon his mind. "Ni, Neil, no-I remeiemler-yes. I see what you are at; but mine wars a gambling delit, & this is a responsibhility of the regular trade,'' exclaimed Tou, rising to prevent thle conflagration hev saw was about to takhe place. "'Mine was a debit of honor, a nil so is you rs," sa id Ned, w ithi a facietious soleminity. "I will pay you rs as yon on1ce took the liet f pay ing rmiine,' and lie thrust the pa per into( the candile blaze. IIland ing it l ighIited to 'Torm, "lire uip!" lie exclaimed, in direct imitation of~ his ol adversary at " bragr," four yea rs ago. Raler, this a necdote is trite. THEn XANKE Ot~rwnrrien.-A Yan keearid a Frencman own ted a pig in copairttnersh ip. WNhent kill intg time canme, thiey wished to divide the meat. TIhe Yankee was very anxious to divide so that lie would gvet hothb hind quarte rs, and pe rsuaided thle Frenchman that the proper waiy to dividhe wa~ns to cut it aicross the back. 'Thle Frenichman agreedl to it on condiition, that t he Ynanik'ee woulud turn his hack and sake choice of the pieces afler it was cut in two. The Yankee turnied his back, anid the Frenich. 'VTich piece will you have-zn piece wid ze tail ont him, or ze piece vat ain't got no tail?' 'The pic wvith the tail,' replied thle Yankee. 'Den biy gar, you can take him, and Itake -zo oder one,' said the old French. mani. Upon turning around the Yankee fotutd thart the Frenchman had cut oil nll the tail and stuck it into the piig'5 mouth. Quicx WVIrrE.-A n Irishman, hay ing accidentally broken a patne in a window of a house in Boston, attempt. .ed as fast as he could to get out of the way, wvhen ho was followed and seize( by the proprietor wvho exclaimed: 'You broke my windowv, fellowv, did you not?" "To be sure, I did," said Pat, "and did you not see me running home for the money to pay for it?" Never Despair. Major Noah, of the New York Sun day Times, remarks: 'Never despair,' says the millionair re, buttoning up his coat pockets, and addressing a shivering mendicant. 'Never despair,' says tho prosperous banker through his buttery cheeks, to a ruined, bankrupt merchant. 'Never despair,' says the flourishing man to his much less fortunate neighbor. It is a golden battle-cry in the struggle with life; but while all appreciate it very few adopt it. 'I will not despair,' is a de claration easier made than verified. We remember one instance of two unfortunates kicking care and despon dency to their progenitor the evil one, and doing so with success. Two decayed young men of spirit, who had been chased into a gallop by want, all the way from the Mississippi to the Iudsor. river arrived in New. York one-rainy Sunday morning in De cember. They were then landed from a boat in which they had been working their passage, and they sat down upon the end of the wharf. 'Well, what shall we do for a lodging,' inquired one of them. 'Don't know-do you?' 'No; let's take a walk.' Shabhy and dirty, they strolled along Broadway, until they reached a mean looking drinking shop-here they enter ed, imbibed their last sixpence in beer, and commenced reading the papers. 'Oh,' exclaimed one, as his eye glanced over the advertisements, 'twenty-five dollars are ollered for the best new year's address for the carriers of this paper-all competitors are to hand in their efl'usions by to-morrow moning,' Well,' said the other. 'I'll try for the prize.' 'You?' '':rven so. Landlord, can you lend me a few sheets of paper, pen and ink?' .iqtarticles were furnished, and the rt.,,i-vcner ob4"e fotr In hours, at the end of which, he shouted& 'It's done!" - 'Read it' ,'A.d hi eeypn. - The matter-was-e read.urd% aprovd. It ves ....i- o aneome. " necoup1e walked theatreets all that night, and a great portion of the next day, until the time of the decision affecting the award of the prize. The needy man entered the sanctum of the great committee, and emerged into the street the possessor of twenty. five dollars. Twenty were saved, and five devoted to the payment of a week's very poor board--the balance was in. vested in a very humble business, on a slender scale. It is now seven years since the events we have narrated occurred, and now the firm is as well known us can le. A despaiiring roan is unfit fir social intercourse with the world. [Iie cannot overthrow the difliculhies, nor combat dangers, which 'retreat when boldly thevare confronted.' Vhen reverse engenders despair, and begets tlie gnawing of despondency, the victim is fit f'r criminal deprela tions or siicid'. Every one's motto should he--it constituitional peculiarities will permit--never despair.' Anecdote of the Rev. Mr. Fletcher. A young minister of' the Wesleyan~ Chi uch ini Englanid, received his first a ppoinitmenit to the ciricu it icinding lhe to'wn of' NI adley', at that time favored with the in~iste'rial bahors of Rev..John letc'her'. I1e was directed on reach. ing Mladley to inquir'e f'or Mir. F's. resi. dence.- On riding LIp to thle house lie called or knocked, when an elderlv ser v'ant , as5 hie supposed, in ordi na ry celoth. ing, mret thle summons. 'Is this Mir. Fletcher's residence?' 'It is, sir.' 'Mly namec is-, the junior preacher for this circuit.' 'Yes, sir; the faimily have been ex. pecting you; dismrmunt and walk iin.' ' No, miy muan; I make it an itnvaiia blo rule to see imyv horse atteiidedl to first; take h'iim to tho stable; get your carry con jb and brush, and curry him Th'le old aon, in comp;liaince to his directioins, perfibrmed the duties of hostler. 'Now give him his provender, and l'l go into thie hiouse.' 'WValk in, sir; take a sent.' Look inig round, and seeing no one but the old( hostlec'r, lie inquLired, "'Where is Mir. Fletcher? 'I ali NI r. Fletcher.' II is surprise undt~ iiortitication cant be better imagiined than described; hut the excellentt lehtcher tohl him not to distress himself', but let it be a lessont for' the fututre not to inf'er that because a mian wears rtusty clothes at home Ito must be a hostler. Doo AND Laxc.--.A rat old gentleman was bittent m the calf of' his leg by a dog. Ho at onen rushed to the oflice or the Justico of the Peace, and ptrefer red a complaint a gai nst a joker in the neighorhood, whom lie cur. The fdllowin d v encu offer. cd.on tae tria);b biy.tstImo ny in favoror the goberh good character of my, dog, I shall proal nothing could make him so forgetl rhais canine dignity as to bite a calf. 2d, Hole blind, and can not see to bite. 3d. Evot-if he could see to bitejLweuld be pittc .mp Wes jor hjin to go out of his way to4o so.on account of his severe lamene.ss.4th Grantjng his legs and eyes to be }the hias'n teeth; 5th. My dog died is = 'eeks ago. 0th. I never had any dog. From the t thon. How Zeke Quit isUse4Up. A VERACIOUS IIISTpi or his REoRIM ATI Zeke was n man th Iways knew eve rything. You could:P V hhim anything that he was not previu )y alt fa in. If you spoke to him of a thrmical discovery the elucidation of wh required the best of memories to recoll. dnthe smoothest tongue to pronounce tl ja{ontific and jaw breaking terms used, 1ls&klnow all about it. If an accident .h appened Zeke knew all about that '.ad more than any of the parties most doe implicated could tell. The fact was owould never ac knowledge ignorance ofany-fact or news going the rounds, until eh follewing cir ctiastance occurred, ier .which Zeke never professed to kn py thing. Bill Thomnson was a er~ctical joker, the best kind of hand at fru *su*a innocent ra zee in the village. On 'ing bright and early, Bill with a smile llihe with difli culty concealed, met aright at the cor ner.-Says Bill to Zek't. "You heard of the to blo accident last night I suppose!" "Oh yes, I heard all It. T~as ve ry bad wasn't it!" "Why yes, very sev ? upposa you heard it was Squire S 'i s fine house at the cross roads that got rntV' "Yes, so I heard, in , r..Quilp got up in the night and sai a thaght she saw a big light over in '8l;octon." "Vile piece of work. con you heard that Mr. Smith's fine tburt!" "Oh yes, said Zeke, Ii to have it supposed, he had not eard and knew all about it befo. j' in the vil lage.,z. :. .; "Guess you heard ch worse thing than that happe ed Bill. "Much worse i rMna es nded Zek "Got his no VP.ret too," added DII ver "Yes tbe get i emnly drawled out ourkjolc,+ "A great deal the worst part to come yet;" affirmed Zeke. "Very unfortunate indeed"-said Bill "Twas shocking should his wife get burnt to a coal." "Awful, awful! very severe"-said Zeke trying to get up a sympathizing tear in the right corner of the left eye. "And Smith poour fellow would have got burnt himself if Raymond & Waring's ele phant had'nt have got loose and extricated hini." "Yes I heared of it all"-said Zeke try ing to force a tear in the other eye. "You did!" said Bill-well I hav'nt heard a word of it." Zeke was done for; and lie never preten ded to know anything afterwards. A FaILY CAST Aw.ty oN 'LAKE Sues lioni:-SEv:3 DAYS WITHOUT l'EOviIsioN We are indebted to Geo. Witherell, Esq., of this city, just returned from a summer residence at Eagle I1arbor, Lake Superior, for the followimg facts: M r. Griswold, wil and small child, with a boy about seventeen, the son of Mr. I laverstraw. set out a few weeks since in a skill' from Eagle Iliarbor, .o reach Magle river. somec teni miles distanit up the coast. Witherell was engaged in building n Gov ernment Ilighmt-h-.use on thle po niprojectinug out into the harbor from thle main land, anid saw the coimpiany as they rounded the point on their peCrdosus voyage. It was then blowing quite st rongly otT land, and fears were entertaineid that a shift of the wind would beach them on a hold and bad shore. D~eterimined to have plenity of leeway, thie little craa was observed to pnt (out some distance int.o the lake, was soon lost sight of. It never reached its desnation. Days anid weeks passed, ntothiing was hoard from the advent urers. The coast between the two points was daily traversed, and pieces of the wreck supposed to ho funod but no0 tidings of the sufferers. At lengrth all hope was given up, and their friends mourned them as dlead But the sequet proved otherwise. After three weeks absence this little crew wvere all founzid safe at the Soult. They had beeni picked up two weeks before by a costing schooner on the Cana~da sho~re, whether they had been seven days drifting. The distance aIcross thme lake at that pouint mnust he fromi 2.50 to :00M miles. It app~ears that the boat got too far from shore, aind the wind increasing, drove them into the lake. Night coming on, and the wind not abating, the boat was put in charge of a lad, who wvas a half-breedl and well ac quaiiited with the lake. IIe got up a sort of sail and1( putt before the wind for the Caitada shore. seven days and nights they spent on this lonely sea without seeinig a vessel, without shelter aiid wvithiout food. TIhme wind changed several times and kept thiem for days out of sight of hand. WVhen found, they had entirely surrendered themselves upi to their fate. I low they liveid Sd long under such exposure and without food, is a most uniiparal led mystery. Their discovery was a mere accidetnt by the schooner, which, solhitary aind alone, happened to be coasting along the Canada shore. Altogether, this is oiio of the most remarkable incidents that has ever occurred on these lakes, noted as they are for ad ventures, shipwrecks and escapes.-[ Ileie Pian Dealer. enous Prr.. About one o'clock thisr morning, an ilarnof fire was sounded, and on repair. ng to the spot, we found it originated in he office of Mesors. Cameron McDormid Mustard, situated on the street loading to Patton's Wharf. The flames soon spread to the adjoining buildings, and in a short time the whole property of. these gentlemen, comprising the Madhife, and Blacksmith Shops, found ry, and a large back Store House were destroyed. The Machine Shop of Messrs. Lockwood & Johnson next took fire, and burnt down, together with one or two other buildinrs to the East and South. The Wooden Ihouso on Pritchard-st., ad joining the store house df Messrs. Camer. or& Co., was in flames, at the time we left (haif past 2 o'clock) and there was every probability that one or two adjacent buildings to the West would fall a prey to the flames, as there was an entire absence of water to enable the Engine to repress the flames. We were unable to learn particulars with respect to insurance on the property destroyed, further than that Messrs. Camer on & Co., were covered to the amount of about three thousand dollars. We consider this fire a public calamity, from the fact that two firms engaged in a branch of business especially important to our community at this time, have been sufferers. .We little understand the good feeling and public spirit of our citi. zen, however, if before another sun sets, facilities for re-constructing their establish ments will not be freely tendered; and we know the men too well not to be .assured that but a short period will intervene be fore their establishment will be again In successful operation. One of the parties with whom we con versed on the devouring flames, remarked, "My patterns and drawings are gone, but the head that devised them is not consumed." Such men always surmount difficulties-Courier. JUDGE LUMIPKIN'S Address before the Institute on Monday evening, was a production of the greatest ability and eloquence. Notwithstandidg its length, iti-as listened-to,Ihroughout, by a ver; crowded. and. brilliant T isdier ,witi marked pleasure ad ijatteption. The Address .covered the .vholb ground ol internal im rovemont, and while it em 6 a'hW Uo polity, was dwelt upon -withibrehi effect. From a masterly view of th present general state of society, the ora tor by a graceful transition, drew i truthful picture of the condition o America, and particularly of the South He depicted the baleful influence o that policy, which has been the mean; of pouring Southern wealth into thi purses of Northern merchants and man ufacturers. Why should we not uniti our own manufactures with our com merce and agriculture? It is this sys temn that has elevated England to he proud position among the nations Were not the natural resources of thi South, as great as those of England The Judge spoke of the importance o encouraging art. Ile showed that ever in continental Europe, amid the vicissi tudes and struggles of revolution, a no ble appreciation of art, ingenuity and in vention existed, he said that three coun tries were striving "to be as free as the] were enlightened, we should strive t< be as enlightened as we are free." Tihe Judge treated of wvhat heoconsid ered imnperfections in the present modh of education, upon classical studies hi gave an eloquent eulogumn, but demon strated the necessity of uniting witl them practical information in mechan ics, engineerinig and navigation. Lastly ho spoke eloquently of~ the prospectsoa the South, and declared that if the ag gressionms anmd fanaticism of the North aroused us from the apathy of years we should have reason to thank oui enemies, who through the instrumeontali ty of an all-wvise God, would be the im mediate means of our future wecfare greatness and prosperity.-Sun. "BOTANY Day" IN Nomun AMERICA -It is intimated by the London Dail~ News, that the Brnitish Government wvil probiably make a purchase of thie Islant of A nticosti, in the Gulf of St. La wrence with the design of establishing uponi a colony of convicts, to answer the purposes of the United Kingdom and o the Provinces. Tfhe Island is from Ot to 100) miles long and 21) or 25 mnile: in width, uninhabited, situated at the mouth of the river St. Lawrence, ant regarded as a dangerous obstacle t< navigation. In case the project above referred to) is carried out, it is said th< British Government will construct harbor there, by convict labor, in ordel to rendler it attractive to shipping Another motive to the enterprise, is the cheapness of t ransporting convicts to the Island, as compared with the cost a conveying them to Van Dieman's Land TutioinonE P'ARKEU, an eminient write: and preacher, thus expounds his viewa to the good people of Bloston. Hear blv hold forth: "It Is plain to me that it is the natutra duty of citisena to rescue every fugitivi slave from the hands of the Marshal, wvh essays to return him to bondage, to do I neacebly if they egn. rmibly if. the .ne ianimity prevatlNoe ia c e predict Iatina be the remrltof ptsIn reso tions fecession tqpon the tion m Te nessee. _That they Wilibe unac ptable to them we may infei from tb tone the newspaper press,both demOi. tic mid hig, since .the pidjourpmen tl bon mation in June, as well its ro i fact at it was gravely diecuod bjv s 9ga ' f in that State, w trthi ijt i d ul ' ko rt in the proceedin'o f heCon nrin at all. The numbe 'of dln tee omt Tennesseo is much snialler tsi at ie first session, and indeedfromall the her States, except South Carplina and [ississippi. From. the laot 'nientioned tate, a very large dele tion. iWasfexpect , but though larger than before,itwill til far below the number looked for. The >wnoss of the rivers and the insufficiency F stage accommadations doubtlits pre" ented many from attendimg who would Lherwise have been here. Nashville is no of the most inaccessible places in the outhern States for a general rxiientig of iose States. It was a fatal blunder to hold Convention on an. important .subject' a !hich brought us together out of a Cotton tate. It is true, that it"might naturally ave been expected that Kentucky and lissouri would have sent delegates to the rat Convention, and Nashville was, a most onveniont place to those 'States; but now ,e ought to be taught the lesson, that upon he Cotton States alone depends the safety f Southern institutions. Nasuvnu1a; Nov. 14 1850. Resolutions were preseited to-day from dississippi, Georgia, &Tennessef Those ram Mississippi were similar inmtnor and pirit.to those presented yesterday. The esolutions from Georgia ed not come up to he mark fully. Tennessee threatened the F'reesoilers, that if they did not letus alone he Southern States should call a Conven ion and pass resolutions of . non-inter oureel Maj. Denolson of tha Tennessee lelogatton, thinkingsmmo. expresisous in the resolutions of his delegation rather too strong, presented several of 'fi -td yein which he advises ac -e promise measures of Co mends unconditional South Carol a was ca " single resoution, th nly remedy forbto With the'sanetion o ' ahlzgether the entire -subject o?.. t remedies of the South. man boldly threw down the gptlethi)suby. missionista of whatsoeverv' ?,x and in the Capitol of Tonia ti;ew lont# applause of "the glorious'Lrnl , is the ' surest passnort to pupular flyor,he poured a ' out his indignant scorn upon all who ivould basely shrink from the defench the-ghts of the South,either through fear, or in the hope of Federal offices and emoluments. A NASrtr.r., Friday 15, 1850 GENTLEMEN : To-day Dr. McWorthet o Georgia, addressed the cohvention in a ve-: ry eloquent speech. He is a beattiful speak. er, with a command of rich and pure fan, guago, and a brilliant Imagination. He " spoke very decidedly, but rather exaggera. ted the dangors of disunion which hoadv6 cated. Major Clairborne, a delegato fro Tennessee, made a brief address, chiefly to the galleries. lie Is an old man, but qne of the few who are decided in this State. I ou ght to have aaentioned to you, that: the Delegation of Missisi^-i presented resoln. tions yesterday subs.utially the same thuo from Alabama and Florida. T course of the convention will doubti thzmt marked out by the iesolutions these States. Trho Special Committee sat today whilst the Conventioni was sItting. -They expect to report to morrow, and the Convention will most probably adjourn on alonday or Tuesday next. The Trenntesseans talk of tholr-State corn ing up on further aggressions being eomr# mtted, but wvhilst not a man can berfound to . address the people, and disclose to them the truth, such profressions are worth airyllttte. * I havo left no space to dwell upon it.-. lHis speech was lstened to thro' ut with profound attention.>~ 4inn. E s',4 as lost on the.Jtsembly 1lly sus tineud him, a on. mated hism voc u 1i. One of ourde i thr Convention, on his waly hnm Was dl~ rorwarded us a telagraphio despate'h from A ilanta, furnishing ch orbg nd important intellgence frorm ~Iissippi. A telegraphio desgatsh fro n*aokwon, (Miss.) was redeaved al Na villeo the day of the adjournmenthalutIhg he Convention with three oors in the' name of Mississippi; slid stating that the' Legislature had condod'; IhtGov. Quitman's rnessageO web'al'gm; and that forty Ihotthan4 Op oit hadl been ordered to e~b~; he "Groat Union Me Fqote was to nale~l *~ sustain l ifmeI~:~ rY i~ Snocuixo AccmarW ~ a tt . M5r. Honj M. Packsrd, rd ?e breaigoaC but by all means to do it. But this I say ui solemnly, that I will do all in my power wl to rescue any fugitive slave from the hands lu of any officer who attempts to return him fri to bondage." cc "Our army swore terribly in Flanders, of said my uncle Toby-"but nothing to this." ' vt til Correspondence of the Mercury. to NASHVILLE, Nov. 1 ., 1850. v GENTLEMEN: The Convention met as usual at 12 m. The Chairman of the Con. t mittee of Elections reported a number of 0 new Delegates to the Convention, whose credentials had been verified. The dif ferent States also reported the names of e those who from each Dolegation should f sompose the Select Conimittee of two from each State, to whom all the business of the ? Convention is referred. Col. Pickens was V presented from your State to be on this 0 Committee, in the place of Gov. Hammond. S Ex-Gov. Clay, of Alabama, then presented t a preamble and resolutions for the appro. t bation of the body, which under a rule, a was referred, of course, to the Select Com mittee. The preamble enters into the grievances of the South, and the resolu tions lay down the several principles of the Constitution on which the rights of secession rests, affirms the right of seces- c sion in any State, and recommends to the v Southern States td pledge themselves to support any State which may secede from the Union, wtth all their resources, should the General Government atempt to coerce her; recommends a Southern Congress, with De'egates clothed with full powers to represent the sovereignty of the States, to determine on the course they should pur. sue to maintain their rights and institutions; rscommner.ds also to the Gouthern people to abstain from all intercourse with the Northern people, and not to employ their shipping or consume their productions. Gen. Dupont, of Florida, also presented resolutions of a similar purport to the above, as the unwavering counsel of the Delegation from Florida. Gen. PiLLoW also said that the Tennes see Delegation, he expected, on the next morning would present the platform they suppose'i expedient. It is supposed that | this natterm3 is a declaration to dissolt the a" 1iVT-lie-o eiesent adjustment is disturbed, or any further aggressions are perpetrated.. To Convention wi; plute a*pp_ G . Ciays resolutie h siter themaa J Our accounts from Mississippi are My cheering. Some ten Delegates who it is known left their home for the Convention f have rot yet arrived. As this place is on. !y accessible by stages, it is supposed some accident has occurred to detain them. Ten more Delegates from Middle and Southern Alabama-the most divided portions of that State. aNASHVILLE, Nov. 13, 1850. GENTLEIEN ; The Convention met to day, but really my head and heart are so full of Mr. Cheves' speech, that I do not recollect what else was done. lie had the speech prepared and written out, and read it to the Convention, from near the President's dr'sk. And such a speech! r The noble heroism which pervaded it---its admi.ahle logicr-its profound reflections and its noble appeals to Southern people, I do not suppose was ever surpassed by any effort of oratory in ancient or modern days. It took him two or three hours. (I don't know how long,) to deliver it. I tell you, this speech will fully compensate all the members .of this Convention, for all the troijble and expense it has occasioned them in comning here--and if the members of the Convention did nothing more than occasion this speech to be prolucod, it wvill be of mnestiimable ialuo to the South. Give it wings in your press. It is itself a greate event. I really cannpot say mere now. Nasur'ir..E, Nov. 13, 1850. GENTI..iE: Tlo-day a series of reso. lutions were presented by Gov. C. C. Clay of Alabnma, which took the usua' course of reference, without debate, to the Com mittee on Resolutions. They go quite as far as we couli have reason to expect, and wvhat is better, if I am. not much mistaken, will pass that htly. In the first place, they distinctly affirm the right of the State to secede froim the .Confederacy, and recog nise the right of such seceding State to judge of the nescessity of such action; and secondly, they dleclare it the duty of the Southern States to sustain such State in in the exreise of that right. They also reconmmend to the Southern States to call a Congress or Convention of delegates, cloihed with powers to hind each State to any course o acion to be (determined on r by Congress. Resolutions of similar cha.. racter were presented hy Geon. Du Pont of Florida, which lie stated on presenting them, met with the unanimous approval of the delegationn from that State. Notice was given to-day, by a member from the State of Mississippi, that he would be ready to-morrowv to present resolutions to the Convention, on the part of the delegation from that S:ate. From the material which composed that delegation, we infer that thme tone will net he lower than that of the resolutions from Alabama and Florida. Notice wvas also given, that resolutions would be presented to..morrow, on the part Fof the Tennessee delegation,{and Geon. Pil low remarked, ini giving thme notice, that he hoped thn spirit of the re.solutions which - ould ho presented by the delegation of Tennessee, wvould not be far below those already offered to the Convention. 1 have not been able to ascertain the tenior of those Iresolutions, but nons of us are so sanguine as to hopo any thing from Tenssee, in the present conditiotn of political parties in this State. In ill che other delegttions extraordi nar